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Colombo, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka held Saturday at Colombo's historic Kotte Buddhist Temple the annual Buddhist procession, a ceremony believed to have started in 1415 and held in honor of the sacred relic of the Buddha's tooth, once guarded by the kingdom of Kotte. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: A BUDDHIST PROCESSION AT THE HISTOIC KOTTE BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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